FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 14, 2012Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed NOH by 14 at halftime and won 107–101.

Final
PHI94
IND111
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +17
Final
TOR84
NJN98
Q1 NJN -3; Q2 NJN -5; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +14
Final
POR79
NYK121
Q1 NYK +13; Q2 NYK +26; Q3 NYK +22; Q4 NYK +42
Final
CHA87
HOU107
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +29; Q4 HOU +20
Final
CLE105
MIL115
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +10
Final · OT
LAL107
NOH101
Q1 LAL -8; Q2 LAL -14; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +6
Final
ORL111
SAS122
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +11
Final
MIA102
CHI106
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +4
Final
DET124
SAC112
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET -1; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +12
Final
BOS105
GSW103
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS -5; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +2
Final
ATL82
LAC96
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +14
Final
UTA111
PHX120
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +9
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2010–11Mar 14, 2011: 9 games. Top scorer: Marcus Thornton (SAC vs GSW), 42 points.
The lead · LAL @ NOH

Kobe Bryant scores 33, Lakers win in overtime

Tied 93–93 after regulation. Final: 107–101.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-8-1400+6LAL AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
LAL2020302314107
NOH282616238101
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 38, 33, 22, 30, 34, 26, 34, 33LAL33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 19, 16, 30, 19, 26, 20, 37, 25LAL25 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 15, 18, 3, 25, 17, 17, 15, 30NOH30 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 20, 10, 10, 18, 10, 20, 12, 21NOH21 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.2Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.2 in 41 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg9.5Last 3

9.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 42 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg40.4Today

40 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · UTA @ PHX

Phoenix climbs out of an 8-point hole against Utah

Down 8 after one, the Suns won the third quarter 36–29 and the game 120–111. Channing Frye led Phoenix with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs UTA
Channing Frye · PHXPaul Millsap · UTAPTS2618REB910AST23Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 36

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 33, 31, 16, 13, 18, 28, 28, 36MIA @ CHI · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 0, 17, 29, 20, 34, 11, 20, 29, 35DET @ SAC · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 38, 35, 25, 21, 31, 27, 19, 35MIA @ CHI · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 38, 33, 22, 30, 34, 26, 34, 33LAL @ NOH · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 20, 19, 14, 2, 20, 11, 14, 32DET @ SAC · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 34, 30, 23, 16, 11, 15, 25, 32, 31, 31SAS vs ORL · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 12 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+6.6 19.0 last 10 · 12.4 season
Josh SmithATL+6.2 24.0 last 10 · 17.8 season
Derrick WilliamsMIN+5.5 14.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+5.0 18.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Drew GoodenMIL+4.9 19.4 last 10 · 14.5 season
Cold
Caron ButlerLAC−5.1 7.5 last 10 · 12.6 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.8 10.6 last 10 · 15.4 season
Stephen JacksonMIL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Ben GordonDET−3.9 7.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
Nick YoungWAS−3.4 13.2 last 10 · 16.6 season